-lek

See also: lek, Lek, lék, lęk, and -lék

Hungarian

Etymology

From -l (frequentative suffix) +‎ -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -k (first-person singular personal suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Suffix

-lek

  1. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular of transitive verbs with a second-person object (if no other suffixes are present before it, in indicative mood, present tense).
    ‎keres (“to look for”) + ‎-lek → ‎kereslek (“I am looking for you”)

Usage notes
  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
2nd-person-object present-tense personal endings
Person
(subject)

Verb ending

 Back vowel Front vowel 2nd-person object
(informal “you”)
  singular   plural
 én 
(“I”)		 most types -lak -lek téged titeket /
benneteket
two consonants
or long vowel + t		 -alak -elek
When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their
plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes.

See also
  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. -lek in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Maltese

Etymology

lil +‎ -k

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛk/

Suffix

-lek

  1. to you (singular)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -leiki, -leikr.

Suffix

-lek c

  1. used to create nouns from adjectives.

Derived terms
Swedish terms suffixed with -lek

References
  • -leik in Svensk Etymologisk Ordbok.
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